St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-20
THIS AND THAT. .

OF all the social organizations i'll the city
the Caledonian club seems to be most sue
ceSSful in the arrangement OF its entertain
ments. The membership of the club is not
confined to any social circle, and their
amusement committee have the difficult
task of providing a sufficient variety to
the pleasure of all, The programme given
last Wednesday shows how carefully
and how successfully that committee
does its work. There was given
judicious mixture of vocal
and instrumental music, the performers
being artists we'll known to all. The one
address of the evening was made by the
most popular speaker in the city, President
Northrop, and never did the gentleman
more happily say just the right things than
Oh that occasion. The reader. Miss Kel-
logg, was very pleasing. The first portion
of the entertainment was thus model.
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But the dancing programme showed much
care as the literary. There is large num-
Der of people i'll the club who enjoy the old
fashioned Quadrilles and lancierS, and the
committee provided for these their favor
ties, while not excluding the waltzes and
other round dances dear to the younger
lads and lassies The peculiar thing about
these Caledonian parties is the thoughtful
ness which reaches out and considers the
pleasure of every member, the rich and the
lowly, the plain and the fashionable. 1t is
a thoughtfulness born of genuine politeness
and kindly feeling, and cannot be too
highly commended.
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President Northrop should be one of the
happieSt men on earth if to give others
pleasure inSures it to ones self. 1t is
fnl lie in hQ
city who is so felicitous in making short adj
dresses as is the genial president of the
university. Whether it be an audience of
CongregationaliSts. Caledonans, Union
league men or farmers, the result Oh his
hearers is always the same. His wit is always
as sparkling and bright as it is pure, and
in the course of his talks there is always
some wholesome sentiment let fall, which
is carried away and thought upon long after
the speaker has forgotten the occasion. The
good which one man may thus accomplish,
coupled with the mirthful pleasure he af-
fords, is incredible. and Minneapolis is i'll
deed fortunate in possessing so brilliant and
valuable speaker.
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1t is said that the wall OF the male thea
ter-gOer has reached the ears of Dame
Fashion and that the obstinate female, like
all her sex, HIS cOlcluu6u W dcb upOu tlle
maxim, when he would. she wouldn't"
Whatever the reasons, the Dame has or
dered a few additional inches on top of
the ''sky-Scrapers, and the hats and bon
nets will grow higher and higher as spring
advances. How long, oh Lord, Show longr
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But Fashion is economical, aud so while
height is added to hats, the skirts of the
fashionable women are curtailed. The
latest style prescribes that the skirts of
street dresses shall be no longer in front
than in the back, and the shortening takes
the shape of gentle curve. An immense
hustle indicates that if its fair wearer
should neglect to put it on, the dress would
trail behind despite the thoughtfulness of
the modiste. That last remark is not
''sarcastical.' The newspapers are for
ever making cutting remarks about
that very necessary part of woman's dress,
possibly with a view OF reducing its size.
The newspapers may be high power in
making epresdents. eXpositiOns and COM
Missions but they cannot lessen the height
of a hat nor reduce the size of a hustle.
though theg.haye been known to materially
assist insenfarging the latter article.